Renzo G. Fenci (1914–1999) was an Italian-American artist and arts educator, best known for his bronze sculpture. He worked in 1942 as a New Deal artist with the United States Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture.
He emigrated to New York City, New York around 1937 or 1938, due to the change in politics in Europe and the rise in Fascism.[1][4] Fenci lived in New York City, New York and Madison, Wisconsin before settling down in Pullman, Washington in order to teach fine art at Washington State College.[1]
He was commissioned in 1942 by the United States Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture (later known as The Section of Fine Arts) to create art.[5] These commissions were for the creation of a series of terra-cottabas reliefs for a post office in Easley, South Carolina, entitled “Cultivation of Corn”.[5] Originally he planned to create six bas-relief panels, but the Section of Painting and Sculpture would only pay for three panels and there was much difficulty in the completion of this job.[5]